Released: May 27, 1975
Songwriter: Colin Allen Jimmy McCulloch
Producer: Paul McCartney
[Verse 1]
What's wrong with you?
I wish I knew
You say time will tell
I hope that's true
There's more to life than blues and reds
I say, I know how you feel
Now your friends are dead
[Chorus]
Dead on your feet, you won't get far
If you keep on sticking your hand in the medicine jar
[Verse 2]
Now, don't give up whatever you do
You say time will tell
I hope that's true
If you go down and lose your head
I say, I know how you feel
Now your friends are dead
[Chorus]
Dead on your feet, you won't get far
If you keep on sticking your hand in the medicine jar
I said, dead on your feet, you won't get far
If you keep on sticking your hand in the medicine jar
Take it!
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 3]
What can I do?
I can't let go
You say time will heal, but very slow
So, don't forget the things you said
I say I know how you feel
Now your friends are dead
[Chorus]
Dead on your feet, you won't get far
If you keep on sticking your hand in the medicine jar
Dead on your feet, you won't get far
If you keep on sticking your hand in the medicine jar
[Outro]
(Medicine jar)
The medicine jar
(Medicine jar)
Medicine jar
(Medicine jar)
Medicine jar
(Medicine jar)
(Medicine jar)
(Medicine jar)
(Medicine jar)
(Medicine jar)
(Medicine jar)
(Medicine jar)
(Medicine jar)
What's wrong with you?
I wish I knew
You say time will tell
I hope that's true
There's more to life than blues and reds
I say, I know how you feel
Now your friends are dead
[Chorus]
Dead on your feet, you won't get far
If you keep on sticking your hand in the medicine jar
[Verse 2]
Now, don't give up whatever you do
You say time will tell
I hope that's true
If you go down and lose your head
I say, I know how you feel
Now your friends are dead
[Chorus]
Dead on your feet, you won't get far
If you keep on sticking your hand in the medicine jar
I said, dead on your feet, you won't get far
If you keep on sticking your hand in the medicine jar
Take it!
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 3]
What can I do?
I can't let go
You say time will heal, but very slow
So, don't forget the things you said
I say I know how you feel
Now your friends are dead
[Chorus]
Dead on your feet, you won't get far
If you keep on sticking your hand in the medicine jar
Dead on your feet, you won't get far
If you keep on sticking your hand in the medicine jar
[Outro]
(Medicine jar)
The medicine jar
(Medicine jar)
Medicine jar
(Medicine jar)
Medicine jar
(Medicine jar)
(Medicine jar)
(Medicine jar)
(Medicine jar)
(Medicine jar)
(Medicine jar)
(Medicine jar)
(Medicine jar)
more tracks from the album
Venus and Mars (Archive Collection)
- Sally G
- Treat Her Gently/Lonely Old People
- My Carnival
- Junior’s Farm
- Hey Diddle (Ernie Winfrey Mix)
- Soily
- Crossroads Theme
- Let’s Love (Demo)
- 4th of July
- Lunch Box/Odd Sox
- Listen to What the Man Said
- Call Me Back Again
- Venus and Mars
- Rock Show
- Love in Song
- You Gave Me the Answer
- Venus and Mars (Reprise)
- Magneto and Titanium Man
- Letting Go
- Spirits of Ancient Egypt
- Medicine Jar
- Going to New Orleans (My Carnival)
From the albums
- Venus and Mars (1975)
- Venus and Mars (Archive Collection) (2014)
Paul McCartney & Wings popular songs
- Band on the Run
- Live and Let Die
- Jet
- Silly Love Songs
- My Love
- Let ’Em In
- Let Me Roll It
- Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five
- Mull of Kintyre
- Dear Friend
- Arrow Through Me
- Hi, Hi, Hi
- Bluebird
- C Moon
- Maybe I’m Amazed (Live)
- Rock Show
- Mrs. Vandebilt
- Wild Life
- Picasso’s Last Words (Drink to Me)
- With a Little Luck
- Listen to What the Man Said
- Give Ireland Back to the Irish
- Mamunia
- Junior’s Farm